public async Task <ActionResult> PdfWithXslt(String title = "Star Wars")
{
//Execute the Move Search to load data . . .
//NOTE: This can come from any source, and can be from converted JSON or Xml, etc.
//NOTE: As an interesting use case here, we load the results dynamically from a Movie Search
// Database REST call for JSON results, and convert to Xml dynamically to use efficiently
// with our templates.
var movieSearchService = new MovieSearchService();
var searchResponse = await movieSearchService.SearchAsync(title);
//Initialize the appropriate Renderer based on the Parameter.
// and execute the Pdf Renderer to generate the Pdf Document byte data
IPdfTemplatingRenderer <MovieSearchResponse> pdfTemplatingRenderer = new XsltMoviePdfRenderer();
var pdfBytes = pdfTemplatingRenderer.RenderPdf(searchResponse);
//Create the File Content Result from the Pdf byte data
var fileContent = new FileContentResult(pdfBytes, "application/pdf");
return(fileContent);
}
public async Task <ActionResult> PdfWithXslt(String title = "Star Wars")
{
try
{
var searchResponse = await ExecuteMovieSearchHelperAsync(title);
//*******************************************
// XSLT + Fonet (synchronous; embedded code)
//*******************************************
var pdfRenderer = new XsltMoviePdfRenderer();
var pdfBytes = pdfRenderer.RenderPdf(searchResponse);
//Create the File Content Result from the Pdf byte data
return(new FileContentResult(pdfBytes, WebContentType.Pdf));
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
//Bubble up the Error as Json for additional Details
return(CreateJsonExceptionResult(exc));
}
}
public async Task <ActionResult> PdfWithXsltAndApacheFOP(String title = "Star Wars")
{
try
{
var searchResponse = await ExecuteMovieSearchHelperAsync(title);
//*******************************************
// XSLT + Apache FOP (async I/O request)
//*******************************************
var pdfRenderer = new XsltMoviePdfRenderer();
var pdfBytes = await pdfRenderer.RenderPdfAsync(searchResponse).ConfigureAwait(false);
//Create the File Content Result from the Pdf byte data
return(new FileContentResult(pdfBytes, WebContentType.Pdf));
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
//Bubble up the Error as Json for additional Details
return(CreateJsonExceptionResult(exc));
}
}